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N0. 469,805. Patented Mar. 1, 18-92.

' UNITED STATES PATENT GFFioE.

A JOHN J. HOVE, OF MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-THIRD TOMARTIN M. WVOLD, OF SAME PLACE.

LIQUID-MEASURE.

. SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 469,805, dated March1, 1892.

Application filed April 27, 1891. Serial No. 390,531. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JOHN J. HOVE, a citizen of the United States,residing at Minneapolis, in the county of Hennepin and State ofMinnesota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inLiquid-lVIeasures; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full.clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the-art to which it appertains to make and use thesame.

My invention has for its object to provide a liquid-measure capable ofready application to abarrel, tank, orother reservoir, and adapted todischarge therefrom any one of several different measures of liquid. Tothis end Iprovide a receptacle capable of holding the largest desiredmeasure-as, for example, a gallonand subdivide the same by partitionsinto several different compartments of different capacities,corresponding to the ordinary denominations of liquid-measure, as thepint, quart, and half gallon. In the receptacle, preferably near thebottom of the same, I place an inlet and outlet chamber having adischarge-spout extending to the exterior of the case, opening into theseveral different compartments, and a supply-pipe also extending to theexterior of the case and adapted for connection to the barrel or otherreservoir. In this chamber is placed a valve for controllingtheinletanddischarge of theliquid. Ator near the top of the receptacle Iprovide an air-valve seat and air-valve having a pair of ports, one forthe inlet of theair from the exterior ofthe case and the other for theexhaust of the same. From the exhaust-port a pipe is provided, alsoadapted for connection with the reservoir. The valves are preferablyconnected by a common shaft extending to the exterior of the case, andon the head of the shaft is placed a hand-lever for moving the valves.An indicator is'also provided for locating the lever in the properposition to efiect the necessary registration to discharge the liquidfrom any desired one or more of the com partments. The indicator isconveniently formed by extending the sides of the receptacles beyond thecap of the same and providing the extended flange with a series ofnotches, With which the hand-lever is made to engage to effect theproper registration. The hand-lever is pivotally connected to the headof the shaft in order to permit this movement.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein, likeletters referring to like parts throughout, Figure 1 is a verticalcentral section through the entire device. Fig. 2 is a cross-section onthe line X X of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a cross-section 011 the line Y Y ofFig. 1. Fig. 4 is a vertical section through the air-valve and its seat.Fig. 5 is a cross-section on the line XX" of Fig. 4. Fig. 6isacross-section on theline Y Y of Fig. 4, and Fig. 7 is a plan view ofthe device.

A is the receptacle, shown as of cylindrical form. t

B is the inlet and discharge chamber.

0 is the air-valve seat.

D is a central tube or sleeve connecting the chamber B with thevalve-seat C.

E are radial partitions extending from the central tube D to the Wallsof the receptacle, which, taken together with said tube and chamber B,serve to divide the receptacle into a series of compartments do. a awhich are sub-divisions of a gallon, a representing a compartment havingthe capacity of a pint, a that of a quart, and a a half-gallon.

The chamber B is provided with openings 1) and b, leading to thediflerent compartments, and with an outlet or discharge pipe I)".

From the chamber B extends to the exterior of l the receptacle thesupply-pipe F. In the chamber B is the valve H, adapted to control theopenings b from the various compartments to eifect the discharge, andthe open end of the pipe F to effect theradmission of the liquid. Thevalve is so constructed that When turned to effect the discharge fromany compartment it will close the inlet from the pipe. As shown, theopenings to the different compartments are at a lower level than theopen end of the pipe F. The valve H is cut away on one side, as shown at7i, to register with the openings 19, and at a higher level is cut away,as shown at h, to register with the open end of the pipe F and theopening b.

K is the air-valve, located in the seat 0. Inletports K extend from thevalve K through the valve-seat for the admission of air from theexterior of the case, and outlet ports K" extend through the case andthe valve to the air-pipe L, which is attached to the case and isadapted for connection with the reservoir.

M is the shaft connecting the valves K and H.

N is the hand-lever, pivotally connected to the head of the shaft M.

P is the extended flange, provided. with the notches p to co-operatewith the hand-lever N to effect the registration.

The operation is as follows: The measure having been connected with thebarrel,tank, or other reservoir through the pipes F and L and thehand-lever brought into its normal position, the outlets from thevarious compartments and the discharge-spout b will be closed and thesupply-pipe be open at its lower end. The air-valve will also be in suchposition that the air will pass back from the receptacle throughtheexhaust-ports K" into the tube L, and thence to the reservoir, theport K being closed. In this position the receptacle will be filled, theair from the receptacle displacing the liquid in the reservoir. In thefilling the largest compartment in the construction shown is filledfirst and the others from the overflow therefrom. When it is desired todischarge a given measure, the hand-lever is turned and made to registerwith the proper corresponding notch on the indicator or flange P.Referring to Fig. 7, if it be desired to draw oif a pint, for example,the hand-lever will be turned toward the left and made to register withthe first notch, which will open the third compartment toward the left,as shown in Figs. 2 and 3, leaving all the others closed. If the leverbe turned to the second notch in .Fig. 7, both the .pintcompartmentswill be opened, allowing a quart to be discharged; if to the thirdnotch, both the pint and the quart compartments will be opened,dischargin g a half-gallon; if to the fourth notch, all the compartmentswill be opened, discharging a gallon. If thelever be turned in the otherdirection to the first notch toward the rightfrom its normal position,the

half-gallon compartment and the quart-compartment will be opened,efiecting the dis.- charge of three-fourths of a gallon. When the valveis turned to open any of the compartments to effect the discharge, theair-valve will also be turned, so as to close .the port K and open theport K, thus affording a free inlet of air from the exterior of thecase, giving atmospheric pressure to assist in effecting the discharge.Whenever the hand-lever is brought back to its initial or normalposidesigned for use in connection with barrels or tanks whichordinarily remain in a fixed position until all their contents arewithdrawn. It is especially serviceable for measuring out vinegar,cider, and similar liquids.

\Vhat I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is as follows:

1. A liquid-1neasure comprising a receptacle, a liquid-supply pipe,.an dan air-exhaust pipe adapted for connecting the receptacle with a barrel,tank, or other reservoir, and valves forcontrolliug the inlet and outletof the liquid and theair, thesaid valves being so arranged that when theliquid-valve is set; for discharge the air valve is set for admisslon,

and when the liquid-valveis set foradmission the air-valve is set toclose the air-inlet port and open the exhaust into said air-pipe andreservoir.

2. A liquid-measure comprising a receptacle divided into compartments ofdiflferent capacity, a combined inlet and discharge chamher incommunication therewith, having a supply-pipe adapted for connectionwith the reservoir, a valve in said chamber, an airvalve seat and anair-valve therein provided -9 5 with inlet and exhaust ports, a pipefrom the exhaust-port adapted for connection to the reservoir, a commonstem or shaft connecting .said valves, a hand-lever carried by said JOHNJ. i-IOVE.

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